All Building Design articles in 21 September 2007 – Page 2
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News
Government could fail to meet carbon-neutral targets, warns housing federation chief
The government will fail to meets its target of making all new homes carbon neutral by 2016 unless developers sign-up to legally binding standards, the National Housing Federation has warned.Speaking today at the federation's annual conference, chief executive David Orr said only 2% of new homes built by private developers ...
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NewsBdonline launches two new online galleries
This week, we're launching two new sections on bdonline: a project gallery and a new products gallery
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NewsHerzog and de Meuron win Praemium Imperiale - and £90,000
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have won the architecture category in the world’s most lucrative art award
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OpinionRussian revolt
I was one of those who took part in the march against the Gazprom tower design (News September 14).
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Opinion
Party poopers
The launch party for the London Design Festival at the Royal Festival Hall was perhaps a bit more champagne-fuelled than its sponsor, Moet & Chandon, might have liked.
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Opinion
Public outcry
Is your front page story “Public feels powerless over design” (News September 14) really so shocking?
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Opinion
In with the old
The trend for using architects in style magazines has spread, Boots is pleased to see.
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Opinion
Title needs
Your correspondent (Practice September 7) asks if protection of title rather than function makes sense. The plain answer is no, despite Richard Brindley’s half-hearted attempt to defend the status quo.
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OpinionMeasuring up
Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown was one of the high-profile figures to take advantage of the RIBA’s Ask an Architect stand at the party’s conference this week.
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TechnicalLearning from the readers’ views
A Cambridge University project is exploring the impact of the quality of daylight in libraries. Mary Anne Steane and Koen Steemers explain
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NewsSadek takes lead regeneration role
Jackie Sadek, head of regeneration at CB Richard Ellis, has been made chair of the independent British Urban Regeneration Association, which promotes best practice in regeneration.
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Opinion
Hard lessons
If Dan Kantorowich (Letters September 7) is right and the schools of architecture no longer teach construction, our profession is far deeper in the proverbial than most of us would think. I always thought construction detailing was integral to the design process!
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ReviewMissing the golden touch
Catherine Croft is left dissatisfied with a show that fails to reach its audience despite rich material and an imaginative approach
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OpinionGetting the lowdown on oligarchitecture
Unpleasant clients are great – they pay handsomely and on time, enthuses Ian Martin
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NewsHangzhou’s sky garden
Sheppard Robson is one of only two practices to be shortlisted in a competition to design a 550,000sq m mixed-use scheme in Hangzhou, China.
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News
RIBA funds offer students help
RIBA South East is inviting students in its area to compete for a £1,000 award to help fund travel expenses related to their research.
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OpinionFoot in mouth
Fans of Glenn Howells may be in for a wait to see the Birmingham architect’s Stirling Prize-shortlisted Savill Building.